Kidane Mehret Church

The Kidane Mehret Church in , popularly known simply as the Ethiopian Church, is part of the Debre Genet monastery, whose name means "Monastery of Paradise".
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Church of the Covenant of Mercy”, “Debre Gannet Church”, “Ethiopian Abyssinian Church, Jerusalem”, “Ethiopian Church”, “Kidane Mehret”, “Kidane Mehret Church, Jerusalem”, “Kidane Mihret”, and “The Ethiopian Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ticho House and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Museum
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is a historical home in , now a administered as part of the and also hosting temporary exhibitions, which also houses an Italian café. is situated 210 metres southwest of Kidane Mehret Church.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of . is situated 1 km southeast of Kidane Mehret Church.

Square
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is a public square in , located at the intersection of Jaffa Road, Ben Yehuda Street, Herbert Samuel Street, and Yoel Moshe Salomon Street. is situated 360 metres southwest of Kidane Mehret Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meah Shearim and West Jerusalem.

Suburb
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Mea Shearim is a neighborhood in . It is one of the oldest Ashkenazi neighborhoods in outside of the Old City. It is populated by Ashkenazi Haredi Jews, and was built by members of the Old Yishuv.

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represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

Neighborhood
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is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in , north-east of the . It was built by Kolel Ungarin, a Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.

Kidane Mehret Church

Latitude
31.78494° or 31° 47′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.22116° or 35° 13′ 16″ east
Elevation
818 metres (2,684 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6MC+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 278851729
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Geo­Names ID
13608150
Wiki­data ID
Q26866926
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Turkish—“Kidane Mehret Church” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኪዳነ ምሕረት ቤተክርስቲያን”
  • Arabic: “الكنيسة الإثيوبية الأرثوذكسية”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة كيداني مهريت”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ديبرى جانيت”
  • German: “Kidane Mehret”
  • German: “Kidane Mihret”
  • German: “Kidane-Mihiret-Kirche”
  • Greek: “Αιθιοπική Αβυσσινιακή Εκκλησία, Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία Κιντανέ Μεχρέτ”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Ντεμπρέ Γκαννέτ”
  • Greek: “Κιντανέ Μεχρέτ”
  • Greek: “Κιντανέ Μιχρέτ”
  • Hebrew: “ברית הרחמים”
  • Hebrew: “דֶבְּרַה גֶנֶת”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה האתיופית בירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה האתיופית האורתודוקסית”
  • Hebrew: “הר גן העדן”
  • Hebrew: “קידאנה מהרת”
  • Hebrew: “קִידאנה מִהְרַת”
  • Polish: “Kościół Kidane Mehret”
  • Spanish: “iglesia Debre Gannet”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Kidane Mehret”
  • Turkish: “Kidane Mihret Kilisesi”

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